Writing decimals as fractions review
CCSS Math: 4.NF.C.6
Review writing decimals as fractions, and try some practice problems.
Writing decimals as fractions
To convert a decimal to a fraction, we write the decimal number as a numerator and we write its place value as the denominator.
If there is a number to the left of the decimal point, we keep that number as a whole number.
Example 1:
is . So, we write over .
Example 1:
is and . stays a whole number. Then we write over .
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